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Croton may refer to:


Biology

*Crotoneae, a tribe of the flowering plant subfamily Crotonoideae *Croton (plant), ''Croton'' (plant), a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae **''Croton capitatus'', also known as the woolly croton **''Croton hancei'', a species of ''Croton'' endemic to Hong Kong *''Caperonia'', a genus of plants of the family Euphorbiaceae commonly known as "false croton" *''Codiaeum variegatum'', an ornamental plant in the genus Codiaeum, formerly classified in the genus ''Croton'', and commonly called "croton" * German cockroach (''Blattella germanica''), known as the Croton bug


Places


In Italy

* Croton or Kroton, ancient Crotone, a city in Calabria * Crotone Airport, an airport serving the above city * Province of Crotone, a province in Calabria


In the United States


In New York

*Croton-on-Hudson, New York, a village in Westchester County **Croton–Harmon (Metro-North station) **Croton North Railroad Station **Croton Point, a peninsula in the Hudson River *Croton Falls, a hamlet in North Salem, New York **Croton Falls (Metro-North station) *New Croton reservoir, in Westchester County **New Croton Dam, the dam creating the above reservoir ***New Croton aqueduct, a water distribution system constructed for New York City ****Old Croton Aqueduct, a water distribution system constructed for New York City which was replaced by the above aqueduct *****Old Croton Trail, following the path of the Old Croton Aqueduct ***Old Croton Dam, a historic dam that the above dam has replaced *Croton Gorge Park, in Westchester County *Croton River, a tributary of the Hudson River *Croton Falls Reservoir, in Putnam County *Croton Expressway, a freeway in Westchester County


Elsewhere

* Croton Dam (Michigan), on the Muskegon River * Croton Township, Michigan, in Newaygo County * Croton, New Jersey * Hartford, Ohio, a village whose post office is named Croton, Ohio * Croton Creek, in Texas


Other uses

*Croton oil (Crotonis Oleum), an oil prepared from the seeds of ''Croton tiglium'' *Crotonaldehyde, or 2-butenal, an unsaturated aldehyde *Crotonic acid, trans-2-butenoic acid, *Battle of Crotona, 204 BC *F.C. Crotone, a football club based in Crotone, Italy


See also

*Crotone (fungus), ''Crotone'' (fungus), a genus of fungus in the family Venturiaceae *Crouton, a small piece of toasted bread *Groton (disambiguation) *Kroton (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, geo, plant